Test 10 · ★ · Perrault's Tales, Diamonds and Toads, part 3: the fairy at…

What did the nice girl say to the poor woman, like?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nice girl · What happens: say · To what, where: poor woman · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1078 «Perrault's Tales, Diamonds and Toads, part 3: the fairy at the fountain» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 say	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 say	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 girl	det
4	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 girl	amod
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 say	nsubj
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 woman	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 woman	det
9	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 woman	amod
10	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 say	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 like	punct
12	like	like	ADP	_	10 woman	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the nice girl		the poor woman				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Topic to woman=Recipient

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

"Oh aye, I'd be glad to fetch it for you, dear Goody"

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 glad	punct
2	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	8 glad	discourse
3	aye	aye	INTJ	_	2 Oh	discourse
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Oh	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 glad	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 glad	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 glad	cop
8	glad	glad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 fetch	mark
10	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 glad	xcomp
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 fetch	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 you	case
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 fetch	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 Goody	punct
15	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 Goody	amod
16	Goody	goody	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 glad	appos
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 Goody	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	would	I					glad property	tree rules
2	fetch in a quote	to-infinitive	I not said here	it				for you	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Theme for you=Beneficiary

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

"O ay, with all my heart, Mum"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 heart	punct
2	O	o	INTJ	_	3 ay	discourse
3	ay	ay	INTJ	_	8 heart	discourse
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 heart	punct
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 heart	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 heart	det:predet
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 heart	nmod:poss
8	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Mum	punct
10	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 heart	conj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 heart	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

"O ay, with all my heart, Goody"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 heart	punct
2	O	o	INTJ	_	3 ay	discourse
3	ay	ay	INTJ	_	8 heart	discourse
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 heart	punct
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 heart	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 heart	det:predet
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 heart	nmod:poss
8	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Goody	punct
10	Goody	goody	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 heart	conj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 heart	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

"Yes indeed, with all my heart and soul, kind Goody, I will"

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 heart	punct
2	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 heart	discourse
3	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	2 Yes	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 heart	punct
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 heart	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 heart	det:predet
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 heart	nmod:poss
8	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 will	nsubj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 soul	cc
10	soul	soul	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 heart	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Goody	punct
12	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Goody	amod
13	Goody	Goody	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 heart	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 heart	punct
15	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 will	nsubj
16	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 will	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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